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Thursday, 20 February 2020

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The Atlantic Politics Daily: The United States of Jeff Bezos

The Atlantic 21 Feb 2020

This week, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos announced that he would drop $10 billion on a fund to combat climate change—immediately making the world’s richest man also the world’s biggest climate-change philanthropist. ( How will he spend the money? TBD .) But Franklin Foer writes, Bezos’s gift may not exactly be a good thing for the country, or for the world....

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Thyssenkrupp said to near full sale of $17-billion elevator division, with CPPIB consortium in the running

Canada Dot Com 20 Feb 2020

Thyssenkrupp’s elevator bidders, including Brookfield, CPPIB, on edge as board fights over decision Head of Canada’s biggest pension fund warns on rush to illiquid assets Canada’s biggest pensions may be at home on the world stage, but many others stay local to their detriment....

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Senator hedge fund's founding duo to split; Klabin will leave firm

Canada Dot Com 20 Feb 2020

BOSTON — Hedge fund Senator ... Silverman and Klabin, who graduated from Princeton University, worked together at York Capital Management and then joined forces to found Senator in 2008 with help from Blackstone Group Inc, the world’s biggest hedge fund investor....

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How to reduce your food’s carbon footprint, in 2 charts

Vox 20 Feb 2020

The website Our World in Data recently explained, with some great charts, why your focus should really be elsewhere ... Our World in Data ... Our World in Data ... Sign up for the Future Perfect newsletter and we’ll send you a roundup of ideas and solutions for tackling the world’s biggest challenges — and how to get better at doing good....

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Warning! It could be game over for these 2 top FTSE 100 dividend income stocks

The Motley Fool 20 Feb 2020

Outgoing BP chief Bob Dudley reckons the world will need oil and gas for some time yet, and will still account for 73% of energy in 2040 ... BlackRock, the world’s biggest fund manager, is pushing sustainability ... Even BP accepts renewals will be biggest energy source by 2040....

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Coal-wary investors turn up the heat on Australia’s mining lobby

Business Day 20 Feb 2020

Nearly a third of shareholders in BHP Group, the world’s biggest miner, in 2019 voted for resolutions ... BlackRock, the world’s biggest fund manager, said in January that sustainability was “increasingly material to investment outcomes”, as it committed to cut its exposure to coal....

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A Celebration of Heart Gala Unites the Bay Area to Support Challenged Athletes and Salute ...

Omaha World-Herald 20 Feb 2020

For over 26 years, CAF has raised over $112 million and funded over 26,000 grants to athletes with physical challenges of all ages and abilities, in all 50 states and over 42 countries ... “From adaptive sports equipment to funding for travel and competition, CAF has helped these athletes prepare for the world’s biggest athletic stage.”....

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Fires and climate fears rattle Australia's giant coal lobby

Yahoo Daily News 20 Feb 2020

Nearly a third of shareholders in BHP Group Ltd <BHP.AX> <BHPB.L>, the world's biggest ... BlackRock Inc, the world's biggest fund manager, said last month that sustainability was "increasingly material to investment outcomes", as it committed to cut its exposure to coal....

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The Mormon Church's secretive $100 billion fund revealed huge stakes in Apple, Google, and Microsoft. ...

Business Insider 19 Feb 2020

A whistleblower recently exposed Ensign as one of the world's biggest funds, ranking alongside SoftBank's Vision Fund in terms of assets ... the world for 20 years tell us how they take advantage of devastating market shocks — and reveal 4 surprising bets for the next 10 years .......

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The Mormon Church's secretive $100 billion fund revealed huge stakes in Apple, Google, and Microsoft. Here are its 10 biggest holdings.

The Times of India 19 Feb 2020

The Mormon Church's secretive $100 billion investment fund revealed massive stakes in Microsoft, Apple, and other tech titans for the first time this month ... A whistleblower recently exposed Ensign as one of the world's biggest funds, ranking alongside SoftBank's Vision Fund in terms of assets....

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Donating $10 billion isn’t the best way for Jeff Bezos to fight climate change

Vox 19 Feb 2020

And if it’s going to keep existing, then we’d probably do well to figure out how donors’ resources can most effectively tackle our world’s biggest problems, including climate change ... and solutions for tackling the world’s biggest challenges — and how to get better at doing good....

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Binance went down for unscheduled maintenance, mixed reactions from traders

Cryptopolitan 19 Feb 2020

A lot of users suspected that Binance has been attacked but Zhao cleared the air by reporting that “Funds are safe ... However, inter-product fund transfer has also been ceased for the time being ... Binance is currently the biggest crypto-exchange in the world when it comes to trading volume....

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Everywhere basic income has been tried, in one map

Vox 19 Feb 2020

And around the world, countries are running pilot programs to test it ... Funding came from private donors in Namibia and around the world ... Sign up for the Future Perfect newsletter and we’ll send you a roundup of ideas and solutions for tackling the world’s biggest challenges — and how to get better at doing good....